None of us is born thinking we are ordinary. Feeling special is an essential part of the human
birthright. If you don’t think you are special, you won’t seek
to contribute your gift to the world. -Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Oh
how we love pumpkin season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has
its own season, right? Winter, Spring, Summer, Pumpkin.... We anxiously
anticipate it every year. ~Trader Joe’s Fearless
Flyer, October 2010

Well Hello there!

So today is the start of another Clean & Simple Challenge at The Outlawz. Our theme for the challenge is creating a card or project showcasing a pumpkin.

While making my card, I started thinking about one of the annual holiday shows from my childhood, "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!". To this day, I love watching it and own it on DVD as I am still a child at heart and love these old shows!

I remember watching and feeling so bad for Linus as he tried passionately to convince the others that the Great Pumpkin was real and would arrive to bring goodies and goodwill to each and every child.

Even as a kid, I remember admiring his faith in the unseen. His dedicated letter writing and firm belief in the return of someone who would make his waiting worthwhile....

Sound familiar?

Now that I am an adult (well on paper anyway!) his unshakable belief takes on a different meaning to me because as a Christian, I think we are all a bit like Linus ... trying to convince people that Jesus is real only to be laughed at, ridiculed, persecuted & even killed. But we hold fast to our faith and our belief that He will return with his bag o goodies (promise of everlasting life in His presence). So Yes! The waiting is worthwhile!

So next time I watch the program ... which will be here shortly, I'll grab my blanket and hot cocoa and I will spend the evening with Linus in the Pumpkin Patch waiting for the Miracle that I too know will come!

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

At the height of laughter, the universe
is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ~Jean Houston

Good morning!

I certainly hope that everyone is enjoying their day, or evening depending on what part of this wide world you inhabit!

I have to laugh at myself - while creating this post I kept thinking to myself that I need to make my narratives so much ... more ....

more interesting

more captivating

more of whatever it is that gets people excited to see that I've posted something

Some people just have a knack for writing in such a way that reading their work is something you look forward too and want more of. Mine, I think comes in waves (little tiny ones) and depends on my mood or what I'm up to at the time.

I like to think of myself as a creative personality but seriously - there are people out there that see something extraordinary in everything they look at and while I've lost track of how many times I've blurted out "Why didn't I think of that?!" I refuse to second place myself with these type of people. After all someone has to do all the dirty work for the rest of us to duplicate. Right?

I will admit that I do, on occasion, envy that strange and unusual talent, but I can't help but think that has to be exhausting - day in and day out! Frankly, sometimes I don't mind walking around clueless and seeing only dresses when I am looking for a dress!

Everyone has their place in this time and I believe mine is to be just be Me. So I'll guess I'll continue to waddle along doing my "Thang" and hopefully, I'll make someone laugh out loud today - even if it's just watching me wander along with a vague expression in the clothing department!

Another DT friend made some flowers with some gorgeous centers. When I asked if she had purchased them, she told me she made them herself with beads and her trusty glue gun. So this was my first attempt when I put together some flower for a sway and I have to say I am pretty thrilled with how it turned out.

The background I created just playing around with a new stencil I'd received from a secret santa event I participated in. Fun - fun - fun

Paper Craft Magazine, September 2014 Issue Is now available for your viewing in the Subscribers Only Area" at Through The Craft Room Door website: http://craftrmdoor.ning.com. It is loaded with paper craft tutorials, tons of inspirations and projects you can create.

Come see Colleen Schaans craft room - trust me it will knock you off your feet - it totally rocks.

Art by Miran is this issues Feature Digi artist and has given the subscribers the sweetest images for you to download.

Come on over and join us!

The Design Team and myself look forward to seeing you there.
CHALLENGES ENTERED

Sunday, October 19, 2014

We are just about to 3000 members! ..... Woohoo!! ..... And we
hope that by the end of our celebration we will have our 3000 members and be on
our way to 4000!!

The Outlawz ladies have been working hard and have
a boatload of sponsors, lots of prizes, and games for you, too! I
believe there is also an extra challenge or two!!

If you are here at this blog, then you have the
opportunity to participate in our SCAVENGER HUNT!

There are 14 of us participating in this challenge. Our names and blogs are listed below and each of us has placed a clip art
image on our blogs... you need to visit each one, locate and write down their clip art.

Make sure you save this information as you will need it later when you go to the PARTY!! tab on The Outlawz website.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

I hope your weekend has been a fine one indeed! Mine has been awesome as I saw a dear friend of mine in from out of town for her daughters baby shower. She is one of those people that is always laughing about something and she makes me smile. We used to work together and I miss her smiling face at work each day.

Today is the start of another Clean and Simple Challenge over at The Outlawz!

Pryn has a good one for us this week "Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!" ... hah bet you thought it had something to do with witches huh? (although you COULD create a nice witches cauldron!). Either way, you need to create a CAS card or project that features something on it that you can cook or stir. Coffee? Tea? How about a love potion (in that cauldron maybe? hmmm?) or how about a nice cocktail?

Come check out the inspiration from the team and stir up something to share!

Here's my card!

Although hard to see in the picture, the red on the tea cups was done using a red glitter gel pen. Looks cool in person! And,well for me at least, tea stains on the paper! I used a lovely splatter stencil created by that yummy Tim Holtz fella ... (heh heh)

Sunday, October 12, 2014

When the Japanese mend broken objects,
they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that
when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara
Bloom

Good morning

I'm sure everyone knows that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but how many of you have heard of pink pumpkins?

And I'm not talking about using a can of spray paint on a orange pumpkin ...

A guest DT for the Outlawz, NanaConnie, told us about them and they are quite interesting to see.

I went a-google-ing to see what I could find out and apparently, "pumpkin" is a general term for a a type of squash and they come in colors ranging from the orange we all know and love to vibrant reds ... who knew?

The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation oversees donations from pumpkin growers that have promised a percentage of their proceeds from the sale of each pink pumpkin sold to organizations involved in breast cancer research.

If you are interested in their mission statement, the growers involved and other interesting facts, please click on this link

The Clean and Simple Challenge this week at The Outlawz is to create a card for a cancer survivor. Several of us were so fascinated with the pink pumpkins that we decided to make our cards using them ... My card is in honor of NanaConnie and all the other women out there who have or are battling this atrocious disease. My thoughts are prayers go out to all of you and yours.Stay strong and hold fast to your faith.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Growing up with Aspergers has presented him with challenges that, at times, have seemed difficult to overcome but he has matured into an amazing young man with a good heart and a quirky sense of humor.

I actually made this card back in May when I was putting together a tutorial for the on-line magazine Through the Craft Room Door.

When Dakota saw the card, he asked me for it.

I told him it was intended someone else, which is was.

He was so disappointed, that I made another card for the other person and set this one aside for him. Can't wait to see his face when he opens his card!

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